pizza punk (annoying burger records style party punk with imagery based around cartoony gross food)
freak punk (something I saw used around in Montreal and Toronto 5-10 years ago to describe weird punk meets hardcore with a flair for the dramatic and humorous)

Remember when Turbonegro called themselves “Death Punk”? Ha!

Rapid Adapter I heard someone call Homefront “Cold OI!” a while back. Not sure if that tracks or not. They have more of a post-punk/street punk/oi!-ish sound than goth leanings imo. 🤷🏻‍♂️

    Fake punk. I would also like to recommend under the radar Swizz fake punkers Ede & The Freewavers. The most inept act I've heard trying to cash in on the summer of '77 alongside Los Punk Rockers. Kinda sounds like a mix of X-Ray Spex and Teddy & The Fratgirls/Sheer Smegma.

      Gimmie Sopor How would you describe fake punk? I hadn't heard the term till @sixbigboys played some (maybe you wanna weigh in too) on GIMH. Conceptually it's still murky for me.

          hey wait.. did SST ever actually define CORPORATE ROCK ??? does this count??

          (have been thinkin about this constantly lately haha)

          jdefacto Gimmie Sopor How would you describe fake punk? I hadn't heard the term till @sixbigboys played some (maybe you wanna weigh in too) on GIMH. Conceptually it's still murky for me.

          The waters are a bit murky, but here is my take. The A4 description would be a shameless cash in on the punk movement. Often (but not always) by acts that could be described as mere studio projects. The most obvious case is of course Plastic Bertrand's super hit Ca Plan Pour Moi, which in itself spawned a flood of covers and rip-off singles by other producers and musicians looking to make a quick buck.

          Then you had bands like F.U.2 (Downliners Sect in disguise) and Pack (led by former Amon Düül II member Jörg Evers). Older guys with a background in 60s rock'n'roll and psych. On the other hand, both F.U.2 and Pack put out great albums that sound totally sincere and not plastic in any way. I'm also pretty sure they started playing punk because they liked the music, fame and fortune was never on the horizon. But I guess they weren't really part of the scene and were considered "posers" by the younger generation. So in retrospect they are lumped into the faux punk category.

          Thats all for now, I'm sure lots of people here can expand on my reasoning.

              Here’s a good comp of French Fake Punk :

              Another sub-category of fake punk are parody/comedy records, which may not be pure cash-ins. Ede & The Freewavers that I posted about above fall into this category. Their only release was a promotional single for a play featuring the fictional band Ede & The Freewavers. There is also a Swedish equivalent, Rockpojken by Gotlands Teater. The music is perhaps more rock'n'roll than punk, but the lyrics are 100% punk parody with lots of exaggerated swearing.

                All this fake punk discourse is top notch. Look for me stealing the best parts for a post on my bluesky. Can almost feel the bullshit think piece intro forming in my head "Stewart Home called all punk rock novelty music, but..."

                In addition to Gotlands Teater - Rockpojken, I know of three more Swedish records/songs that can be categorized as fake punk.